Republicans aimed to salvage the rules with a two-pronged legal effort. In turning down both requests, the justices put any further discussion of the stricken rules well into next year. The post ‘Denied’: Georgia Supreme Court unanimously rejects GOP efforts to revive controversial election rules passed by Trump allies first appeared on Law & Crime.

The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a Republican-led effort to require poll workers to hand-count ballots cast on Election Day, upholding a lower court’s decision that blocked the mandate. The ruling came after the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Georgia GOP appealed to reinstate a state election board rule mandating manual